#http://www.noah.org/wiki/Daemonize_Python

import os
import sys

def daemonize(stdin="/dev/null", stdout="/dev/null", stderr="/dev/null"):
    # Perform first fork.
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            sys.exit(0) # Exit first parent.
    except OSError, e:
        sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: (%d) %sn" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
        sys.exit(1)

    # Decouple from parent environment.
    os.chdir("/")
    os.umask(0)
    os.setsid()

    # Perform second fork.
    try:
        pid = os.fork()
        if pid > 0:
            sys.exit(0) # Exit second parent.
    except OSError, e:
        sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: (%d) %sn" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
        sys.exit(1)

    # The process is now daemonized, redirect standard file descriptors.
    for f in sys.stdout, sys.stderr:
        f.flush()
    si = file(stdin, "r")
    so = file(stdout, "a+")
    se = file(stderr, "a+", 0)
    os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
    os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
    os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
